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Autumn approaches, kind and JustThrowing hints of its arrival— aloof, cat-like—Prowling and batting frost through the passing moons, But by day, hiding, napping, andBasking in brightness, allowing heat likea season of summer suns.Leaves shed their green With Emerald subsiding to olive before theTawny, coppery shades show with certainty.Dried and crumbled memories fall off of Branches, covering the earth with umber tides.Though the equinox expresses endings, you, Iris, are Just Standing there, a September bloom, proud-like. You remind me to harbor my hopes—Inward singing for eventual springing— Iris, surrounded by delicate falls, your standards held high.The world tries to remind you that summer is settled, but Still Here you are, Iris, regal and resplendent. I’llRemember watching you, Iris—brave, beautiful rebel—rise.

NaPoWriMo.netDAY 23 “Our prompt for Day Twenty-Three comes to us from Gloria Gonsalves, who challenges us to write a double elevenie. What’s that? Well, an elevenie is an eleven-word poem of five lines, with each line performing a specific task in the poem. The first line is one word, a noun. The second line is two words that explain what the noun in the first line does, the third line explains where the noun is in three words, the fourth line provides further explanation in four words, and the fifth line concludes with one word that sums up the feeling or result of the first line’s noun being what it is and where it is. There are some good examples in the link above.”

Truth
Self-evident Exactspeak
Illuminating, Vulnerabling, Braving,
There is no grey; there is only gray.
Blaming, justifying, AvoidingOpaque daggers Lies

NaPoWriMo.net Day 18 “Today, I challenge you to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word made from combining two existing words, like “motel” coming from “motor” and “hotel”) or they could be words invented entirely for their sound.”

NaPoWriMo.net – Day 17 – “And now for our (optional) prompt. Today, I challenge you to write a nocturne. In music, a nocturne is a composition meant to be played at night, usually for piano, and with a tender and melancholy sort of sound. Your nocturne should aim to translate this sensibility into poetic form!”

Today’s news, quietly screaming the ugly truth,We are a completely broken humanity.Hatred, violence, and political pretenseAre prowlin’ about provokin’ humanity.The “bliss” of ignorance has become our disgraceWe’re the kiss of poison oak in humanity.

Change will not come unless we humbly face the facts —Primary facts — and get woke in humanity.

Can I, Julie, help turn this Ship of Fools around?I’ll use voice — with an outspoken humanity.

NaPoWriMo.net (Day 14) “Today’s is an oldie-but-a-goody: the ghazal. The form was originally developed in Arabic and Persian poetry, but has become increasingly used in English, after being popularized by poets including Agha Shahid Ali. A ghazal is formed of couplets, each of which is its own complete statement. Both lined of the first couplet end with the same phrase or end-word, and that end-word is also repeated at the end of each couplet. If you’re really feeling inspired, you can also attempt to incorporate internal rhymes and a reference to your own name in the final couplet.”

This writing prompt — writing a ghazal — after today’s events is necessary, critical, and Timely.

NaPoWriMo.net – Day 12 – “Today, I’d like you to write a poem that explicitly incorporates alliteration (the use of repeated consonant sounds) and assonance (the use of repeated vowel sounds). This doesn’t mean necessarily limiting yourself to a few consonants or vowels, although it could. Even relatively restrained alliteration and assonance can help tighten a poem, with the sounds reinforcing the sense.”